Ship RM-09 Alliance-class Shuttle

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RM-09 ALLIANCE-CLASS SHUTTLE

AFFILIATION
Open market.

MANUFACTURER

CLASS
Shuttle.

ROLE
Utility shuttle.

COMPOSITION
Durasteel and transparisteel.

DIMENSIONS
Length - 15 meters.
CREW
1-2.

PASSENGER CAPACITY
10.

CARGO CAPACITY
5 standard tons.

HANGAR CAPACITY
N/A.

CONSUMABLES
4 standard days.

SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
The RM-09 Alliance-class shuttle has a top speed of 50 MGLT and has average maneuvering characteristics.

ARMAMENT
  • 3x light laser cannon.

EQUIPMENT

DESCRIPTION
The RM-09 Alliance-class shuttle is a light transport which was designed by FreiTek Incorporated shortly after the company's founding on behalf of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, which had issued a requirement for a small, low-cost shuttle-craft capable of traveling through hyperspace and depositing a squad of infantry onto a hostile planet. Although not considered to be as capable as some other shuttles of its day, the RM-09 was cheaper and easier to build than almost anything else that was available, and so saw relatively widespread use during the Galactic Civil War.

The RM-09 is a diminutive craft, 15 meters in length with a crew of 2, 10 passengers, 5 tons of cargo and consumables for up to 4 days in space. The hull - heavily inspired by an obsolete troop lander by Rothana Heavy Engineering - is composed of 85% flat durasteel panels of various sizes and shapes, making it exceptionally simple to manufacture; by the same token, the ship can easily be disassembled, allowing its parts to be repurposed for shelters, fortifications and other items. When assembled as a ship, however, the RM-09 is capable of a top speed of 50 MGLT, and boasts a class 2 hyperdrive. They also have 3 forward-firing light laser cannons, although RM-09 is not generally intended to operate without starfighter escort in a combat zone.

Due to their simple construction, RM-09 Alliance-class shuttles were among the most numerous non-starfighter spacecraft in the Rebel arsenal during the Galactic Civil War. Though designed by FreiTek, the type was built by numerous Rebel-aligned production facilities, from high-end starship firms to corporations as diverse as commercial appliance manufacturers and even a few mining asteroids with room to set up an assembly line. Generally speaking, once built, Alliance-class shuttles did not have a long lifespan; vulnerable to starfighter interception, many were destroyed in combat during planetary landing operations, and once on the ground, many were disassembled as intended to form ground-based infrastructure. As a result, although many millions rolled off production lines, only scant handfuls survive into the present day, where they are highly prized on the collectors' market.

LEGALITY
Legal. Shuttles such as the RM-09 Alliance are considered innocuous enough under most jurisdictions, and are not restricted in most systems.

INTENT
To bring a vessel from Legends into our site's fanon.

 
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